Some flowers to you Gulla !

Découvrez Martha Wainwright!

There are flowers almost everywhere in Iceland ,you find them in unespected places like rocks deserts !

On trouve des fleurs presque partout en Islande ,dans des endroits où on ne les attend pas comme les déserts de pierres .

soleil de minuit à Hafrafellstunga /midnight sunset at Hafrafellstunga

L'été en Islande le soleil ne se couche pas vraiment pendant 3 mois . C'est absolument magique, étrange et curieusement ça donne plein d'énergie , on peut se promener très tard , lire dehors (pour la camping c'est super pas besoin de lampe de poche !) ! J'ai vraiment aimé , je ne suis pas sûre d'aimer autant les 3 mois de nuits l'hiver ...

There is no night in Iceland during 3 month in summer , i enjoyed it ,it gives you energy , you can read outside or have a walk very late .No torch needed in the tent ! It's magic ,stange but i really liked it , i'm not sure to appreciate so much the 3 month of night in wintertime ;)

Parenthèse : last goodbye

Today I pay a tribute to the great actor Paul Newman .

camping or not camping that is the question ?

For the unbelievers who said :"you're going camping in Iceland ????"

Pour les incrédules qui nous ont dit :"Vous allez camper en Islande ???"

Empreinte du sabot de cheval d'Odin / footprint of Odin's Horse

Ásbyrgi :Nous avons fait une balade de 5 heures au sommet de ce ravin ,extraordinaire ,magique ,les Vikings virent dans le fer à cheval que dessinent les parois de la dépresion ,l'empreinte du sabot de Sleipnir ,le cheval à huit pattes d'Odin .Les géologues pensent que le canyon fut formé par une coulée de boue glacière issu d'une irruption sous- glacière .Un de mes endroits préférés en Islande!

We hiked during 5 hours at the top of the canyon"at slow speed ;)" amazing and magic ,the Vikings thought it was the hoof footprint of Odin's eight legs horse .One of my favourite place in Iceland !

Forest and poetry / Forêt et Poésie

We dicovered this tiny forest dedicated to Jónas Hallgrímsson , it's a beautiful place , it is such a pleasure to find trees in Iceland !
Nous avons découvert cette toute petite forêt dédié à Jónas Hallgrímsson ,c'est un bel endroit , on est tellement heureux de trouver des arbres en Islande !

Jónas Hallgrímsson

Charming and fair is the land,

and snow-white the peaks of the jokuls [glaciers],

Cloudless and blue is the sky,

the ocean is shimmering bright,

But high on the lave fields, where

still Osar river is flowing

Down into Almanna gorge,

Althing no longer is held,

Now Snorri's booth serves as a sheepfold,

the ling upon Logberg the sacred

Is blue with berries every year,

for children, s and ravens, delight.

Oh, ye juvenile host

and full-grown manhood of Iceland!

Thus is our forefathers' fame

forgotten and dormant withal."

Jónas Hallgrímsson (November 16, 1807–May 26, 1845) was an Icelandic poet and author. He was one of the founding members of the Icelandic magazine Fjölnir, which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835. The magazine was used by Jónas and other nationalistic poets to invoke nationalism in the hearts of the Icelandic people in the hopes of inciting a popular resistance against Danish rule. Jónas was one of the most beloved poets of Iceland and put into words some of its best-known poems about land and nation. He died in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1845 as a result of blood poisoning, following his refusal to go to hospital after suffering a broken leg.

Jónas is considered one of the founding fathers of romanticism in Iceland. His poetry exhibits a strong influence from the Icelandic landscape. He is also known for introducing foreign metres, such as pentameter, to Icelandic poetry

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Loneliness / solitude

what a beautiful place but i couln't live there ...imagine it in winter ! And you ?
Quel bel endroit mais je ne pourrais y vivre ...imaginez le en hiver ! et vous ?

Autumn / automne

pour célébrer l'automne
To celebrate autumn

Découvrez Paolo Nutini!

cairns

Des cairns à perte de vue ...
Cairns as far as the eyes can see...

Big black boats ?

Découvrez Nature Sounds - Sons de la nature!

The first time i saw these boats i was very surprised ,big black boats ?The answer came pretty soon ..whaleboats !
In a restaurant meanwhile i was tasting a great lobster soup i saw this mink whale brochette...give it a second thought ....

Chasse à la baleine ou observation des baleines ? hunting or watching the whales ? (cliquez sur le titre pour voir le lien :click on the title)

From one side you can see the whaleboats and on the otherside the whalewatching boats ...surprising no ?
D"un côté les baleiniers de l'autre les bâteaux pour l'observation des baleines ,surprenant non !

grapes of joy

French shot for today !My house is covered with grapes...so beautiful and soon tasty !
Pause Française pour aujourd'hui ma maison est couverte de raisins ...c'est si beau et bientôt bon !
And an Homage to the great movie and book a scene of the grapes of wrath,still relevant no?

at the seaside / au bord de la mer

j'aime les bords de mer ,les embruns ,le vent et le bruits des vagues ...
I like the seaside ,spray,wind and the sound of the waves ...

Découvrez Alan Stivell!

Husavik from the sea

Découvrez Léo Ferré!

Húsavík est une petite ville de la côte nord de l'Islande, au bord de la baie de Skjálfandi. La commune compte 2300 habitants sur une superficie de 270km2.Un des endroits réputé pour l'observation des baleines (voir post précédent du 3 sept ) )

I was there ! _J'y étais !

On June 28th, 2008 Icelandic superstars Björk and Sigur Rós teamed up to perform a free concert in their hometown of Reykjavik. The Náttúra concert was a bid to raise awareness of the destruction of Iceland's natural landscape.

The Náttúra concert was an open-air event, hold at the Botanical Garden on Laugavegur, near the center of Reykjavik, Iceland. The country boasted the largest unspoilt wilderness left in Europe, and Náttúra was being organized as a response to the ongoing environmental degradation caused by Iceland's increasingly invasive aluminium smelting activity.

The concert took place the day we arrived in Iceland ,magic, how lucky we were !
Le concert a eu lieu le jour de notre arrivée en Islande ,magique ,quelle chance !